She plays a ferocious warrior in “The Woman King,” but in her performance, vulnerability and humanity were what she sought to convey.
Category: Content Type: Personal Profile
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Lashana Lynch Challenges the ‘Strong Black Woman’ Cliché, Softly
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Robert Caro Relaxes by Listening to People Drum in Central Park
The New York Times – Movies:The biographer and subject of the documentary “Turn Every Page” talks about his loyalty to the Giants and the Knicks, Zooming with classmates and falling under the spell of Captain Hornblower.
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‘Don’t Make Me Over’: Dionne Warwick’s Documentary Encore
The New York Times – Music:A conversation with the five-time Grammy-winning singer who is the subject of a new career-spanning documentary, “Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over.”
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Brings His Friends on Ride to NBA Stardom
The New York Times – Sports:Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Oklahoma City Thunder guard, is having a career season as one of the N.B.A.’s top scorers. He’s had a little help from his childhood friends.
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Pele’s TV Breakthrough Gave Soccer a Black Star
The New York Times – Sports:Pelé’s reign atop the most popular sport on earth began in an era defined by political struggles against colonialism and racial inequity around the world.
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She’s Building a Little Jewish Magazine On Big Ideas
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:After a rebellious youth and years spent on an unpublished novel, Arielle Angel, the editor of Jewish Currents, has carved out a role for herself as someone who questions entrenched ideas.
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Sedona Prince Has a Good Feeling About the Next Era
The New York Times – Sports:For many, the basketball player’s TikTok was a before-and-after marker of how society talks about modern women’s sports. For Prince, there’s much to celebrate, more to be done and a W.N.B.A. roster spot to secure.
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A Music Historian Takes a Top Job at the New York Public Library
The New York Times – Music:Brent Reidy, the new director of Research Libraries, said he hoped to help democratize the 127-year-old library by reaching a younger generation.
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The Unstoppable, Unsinkable, Uninhibited Margo Price
The New York Times – Music:Country songs are often filled with tragedy and hard times. Price has detailed her own catalog of traumas in a memoir and her music, but also turns her lens outward on a new LP, “Strays.”
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Minnesota’s Rudy Gobert Talks, Criticism, Covid and Donovan Mitchell
The New York Times – Sports:Gobert had a dominant run in Utah, but now he and the Minnesota Timberwolves are struggling to find their fit together. He hears the chatter — and ignores it.
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Ashleigh Barty Is Comfortable in a Life Outside Tennis
The New York Times – Sports:Barty retired from the sport at age 25 while ranked No. 1, but she says she has “slipped quite seamlessly into this life that’s just like everyone else.”